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No Stupid Questions · 2025-11-09 · 33 min · 5,932 words

47. Is Laziness Real?

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Do you have any mind tricks, please? I'm Angela Duckworth. I'm Stephen Dubner, and you're listening to No Stupid Questions. Today on the show, is laziness a false concept? Sometimes a dog really did eat your homework, okay?

Also, why do we feel so uncomfortable spending time alone in public places? Tickets, how many? Just one, please, sir. Angela, a question from a listener named Susan Kemp, at least that's the name she's using to write to us under. Could be a pseudonym.

Might be Angela Duckworth, for all we know. Quote, Susan Kemp has this to ask. Do you think laziness is really a thing? She writes. For the last

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